Rihanna on Wednesday made an appearance at a Los Angeles court for boyfriend A$AP Rocky's trial, showing support for him as he faces up to 24 years in prison. The 36-year-old Umbrella singer made a shock appearance inside a courtroom at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles early Wednesday.
![[A$AP Rocky, 36, arrived with his mother, sister and lawyers earlier in the day though the court's main entryway without the Diamonds songstress]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/03/94666459-14340717-image-a-178_1738209242309.jpg)
The Grammy-winning artist, who shares two children with A$AP Rocky, 36 - RZA, two, and Riot Rose, one - attended in support of her beau amid his criminal trial, which kicked off last week. A$AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in connection with accusations he shot A$AP Relli in Hollywood in November of 2021.
![[Rihanna made a shock appearance in court Wednesday to support her boyfriend A$AP Rocky as he faces up to 24 years in prison (seen together on Tuesday night in Los Angeles)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/18/94649543-14339281-image-a-2_1738176192322.jpg)
Rihanna was clad in an all-black ensemble of a coat with buttons, a purse and gold jewelry in the outing, sources told People Wednesday. The Barbados-born beauty - who was mentioned numerous times as lawyers conducted jury selection - wore her hair to the side; and donned black-framed glasses at one point to focus on footage displayed during the criminal hearing.
![[A$AP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, faces prison time for allegedly shooting his former friend A$AP Relli (pictured) in 2021, and is charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/21/78053771-14339281-The_rapper_faces_decades_in_prison_after_allegedly_shooting_his_-a-31_1738184993350.jpg)
Rihanna, 36, on Wednesday made an appearance the LA court for boyfriend A$AP Rocky's trial, showing support for him as he faces up to 24 years in prison. Pictured in LA on Tuesday. A$AP Rocky, 36, arrived with his mother, sister and lawyers earlier in the day though the court's main entryway without the Diamonds songstress.
![[A$AP Relli, real name Terell Ephron, seen testifying at Wednesday's hearing]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/21/94655129-14339281-image-a-32_1738184999742.jpg)
